Comments on: Banks Get Smarter On Cleaner Coal

By: Former Energy Secretaries: Cap and Trade Is Bad for Business « Earth2Tech

Former Energy Secretaries: Cap and Trade Is Bad for Business « Earth2Tech — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:07:01 +0000

[...] such a system will emerge in the U.S., major banks Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley drew up ‘The Carbon Principles’ earlier this year, aimed at guiding the way in which they could finance coal plants and other forms of electricity [...]

By: Solar Feeds Gadgets » Green Campaign Watch: Pro-Coal or No Coal?

Solar Feeds Gadgets » Green Campaign Watch: Pro-Coal or No Coal? — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:24:14 +0000

[...] coal power isn’t going away, and demands is only going to increase in the short run. Although banks and the Feds have cut funding for new coal-fired plants, energy experts expect existing coal plants [...]

By: Green Campaign Watch: Pro-Coal or No Coal?

Green Campaign Watch: Pro-Coal or No Coal? — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:22:23 +0000

By: Nexterra Ignites With $3.6M for Gasification « Earth2Tech

Nexterra Ignites With $3.6M for Gasification « Earth2Tech — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:02:07 +0000

[...] and environmental feasibility. There are only two IGCC plants in operation in the U.S., and financiers and regulators are hesitant to green-light new coal-fired power [...]

By: Xcel Energy: Did We Say Profit? Not When We Count Carbon « Earth2Tech

Xcel Energy: Did We Say Profit? Not When We Count Carbon « Earth2Tech — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:36:19 +0000

[...] In 2007, Xcel reported just $577 million in profit. (Numbers like these are why banks have been taking into consideration what carbon regulation could mean for their investments and scaled back their plays in areas like coal.) [...]

By: Carbonetworks Raises $5M for Carbon Software « Earth2Tech

Carbonetworks Raises $5M for Carbon Software « Earth2Tech — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:03:04 +0000

[...] and Carbonetworks anticipates it will happen as soon as 2009. Already, companies and institutions are changing the way they invest and operate in anticipation of the new market. “A year ago [...]

By: NY Pulls Plug on $1.5B Clean Coal Plant « Earth2Tech

NY Pulls Plug on $1.5B Clean Coal Plant « Earth2Tech — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:14:46 +0000

[...] Feds and banks have both scaled back loans for coal plants with carbon regulation likely to become a reality with [...]

By: Web

Web — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:38:23 +0000

Green energy is definitely the best solution in most cases. Technology like solar energy, wind power, fuel cells, zaps electric vehicles, EV hybrids, etc have come so far recently. Green energy even costs way less than oil and gas in many cases.

By: Feds Cut Coal Funding « Earth2Tech

Feds Cut Coal Funding « Earth2Tech — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:45:12 +0000

[...] will now have to head to the open market to find funding. However, following the recent creation of The Carbon Principles, a set of guidelines for major banks looking to finance coal projects, getting money for [...]

By: No Stimulus for Clean Energy…Yet « Earth2Tech

No Stimulus for Clean Energy…Yet « Earth2Tech — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:37:39 +0000

[...] lobbying corner. The week started with Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley announcing “The Carbon Principles,” a set of environmentally stringent investment policies that stipulated, among other things, a [...]